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So you think you have it rough? A walk through Saskatchewan’s History.

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1 So you think you have it rough? A walk through Saskatchewan’s History

2 Following the South Saskatchewan River surveyor’s camp at Elbow – 1871 Following the South Saskatchewan River surveyor’s camp at Elbow – 1871 I knew some surveyors that looked that rough

3 Regina west 1884 I wonder where Riel is hanging out?

4 Regina - Scarth Street 1900 Regina - Scarth Street 1900 I wonder if it’s one way?

5 Steam boat at Prince Albert 1900 Steam boat at Prince Albert 1900 Looks like an insurance salesman conference.

6 Doukhobor women pulling a plough – 1900 Doukhobor women pulling a plough – 1900 Who said women didn’t have jobs?

7 Saskatoon Ferry – 1904 before the city of bridges

8 Town of North Battleford – 1905 Town of North Battleford – 1905 No problems with drinking water here?????????

9 Sod Homestead – 1905 Why do they look so happy?

10 Delivery wagon at Prince Albert – 1905 Hey that’s Delbert from Prince Albert.

11 Prince Albert pioneer steamer – 1905 Prince Albert pioneer steamer – 1905 The first highway workers

12 Downtown Saskatoon – 1906 Downtown Saskatoon – 1906 Where’s John Gormley? These economic conditions are deplorable.

13 Handford schoolhouse – 1907 Where’s the gym and playground equipment?

14 Inside a homestead – 1907 Inside a homestead – 1907 home sweet home

15 Building the new traffic bridge in Saskatoon some time between 1906 and 1908 “ The city of bridge”

16 Wreck of the SS Medicine Hat at Saskatoon – 1908 Wreck of the SS Medicine Hat at Saskatoon – 1908 Testing the new traffic bridge

17 Prince Albert sometime between 1904 and 1912 Prince Albert sometime between 1904 and 1912 What no bridge yet, where the hell is Gormley?

18 Regina cyclone (Lorne Ave.) – 1912 Regina cyclone (Lorne Ave.) – 1912 Bad wind day

19 Regina Cyclone – 1912 Regina Cyclone – 1912 Wonder what kind of emergency relief they got?

20 Building the saskatoon university bridge – 1916 I bet that guy on the plank is the OHS rep.

21 Saskatoon snowstorm of 1927 Saskatoon snowstorm of 1927 Can you say potential heart attack boys and girls?

22 Digging out the Sutherland Streetcar, Saskatoon - 1927

23 Saskatoon 2 nd Ave. – 1930 Saskatoon 2 nd Ave. – 1930 S ure glad they got rid of the street cars, didn’t need cheap transportation anyway.

24 Saskatoon 21 st Street- 1930 Saskatoon 21 st Street- 1930 Ahh the Capone years.

25 Drought near Cadillac – 1931 Must be an insurance salesman, lawyer or banker

26 Drought at Cadillac, Tractor and Thrasher – 1934 Drought at Cadillac, Tractor and Thrasher – 1934 Sucked to be a farmer then Note: this is taken three years later

27 Star City Harris Lumber – 1943 Star City Harris Lumber – 1943 So how did they load those logs?

28 Victoria Plains Rail Line – 1947 Victoria Plains Rail Line – 1947 They should see our winters


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